Date:    Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:05:38 EDT
From:    Arnoldbilansky@cs.com
Subject: [Vblearn] Mon., Jun. 16 Meeting: VB.NET 202

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*** 1) Visual Basic Learning User Group Meeting - Mon., June 16
          VB.NET 202: Windows Forms and Controls featuring Dan Hermes
*** 2) Microsoft Business Productivity User Group Meeting - Thurs., June
19
          Drilling Down With Microsoft Business Intelligence tools
featuring Sunil Kadimdiwan

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*** 1) Visual Basic Learning User Group Meeting - Mon., June 16
          VB.NET 202: Windows Forms and Controls featuring Dan Hermes
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Event: Visual Basic Learning User Group
Date: Monday, June 16, 2003
Time: 6:45pm
Location: Microsoft, 6th floor, 201 Jones Rd., Waltham MA
For driving directions visit
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/offices/waltham.asp

Bring a business card to take a chance at winning a door prize.

.NET Windows Forms provide a variety of new features and true
object-oriented underpinnings.  How do the new VB.NET Windows Forms
differ from VB6 forms?  Get an in-depth look at the new controls.  Which
ones are retired?  For developers who wish to roll-their-own, behold .NET
custom controls.  Explore how Windows Forms lead us logically to Web
Forms and Internet development.  We'll cover:

Forms As Classes
Visual Inheritance
Control Tab Order
Docking, Anchoring, Splitting
Automatic Resizing
Data Entry Validation
Custom Controls
Web Forms and Controls

Our Speaker, Dan Hermes, MCT, MCSD is President and principal consultant
at Lexicon Systems, Inc. www.lexiconsystemsinc.com.  Mr. Hermes develops
Business Information Systems for IT organizations nationally. He
specializes in VB6 and VB.NET, also using ASP.NET, C++, XML, ASP, SQL
Server, Oracle, DB2, and many others.   Leaders in business, software
development, e-commerce, and Internet technology call on him to bring
their endeavors to success and profitability.

VBLearn monthly meetings are on the third Monday of the month.
Meetings are free and open to the public. No reservations are required.
We encourage your active participation. Contact Arnold Bilansky at
arnoldbilansky@cs.com. The group Web site is at
http://www.bostonusergroups.com/vblearn/.

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*** 2) Microsoft Business Productivity User Group Meeting - Thurs., June
19
          Drilling Down With Microsoft Business Intelligence tools
featuring Sunil Kadimdiwan
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Event: Microsoft Business Productivity User Group Meeting
Date: Thursday, June 19
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Microsoft, 6th floor, 201 Jones Rd., Waltham MA
For driving directions visit
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/offices/waltham.asp

Arrive on time for free pizza provided by Microsoft. Bring a business
card to take a chance at winning a door prize.

In our May meeting Sunil gave a high-level overview of Microsoft Analysis
Service. This month we look behind the scenes of what makes the Excel
pivot-tables function so elegantly. We prop open the hood of Microsoft
Analysis Services. Find out about the importance of a good data model.
Learn about star-schema, snowflake, and constellations. We are still
talking about business intelligence and OLAP technology. You learn about
the various components that make-up an OLAP database.
Sunil Kadimdiwan is a Data Architect at InfoTrove Inc, a consulting firm
specializing in the Microsoft Business Intelligence and SQLServer
solutions. Sunil has over 18 years of database experience, 10 years on
SQLServer.

Business Productivity monthly meetings are on the third Thursday of the
month.
Meetings are free and open to the public. No reservations are required.
We encourage your active participation.! Let us know what technologies
you would like to see. Recommend speakers, or volunteer to show
compelling technologies. Become a steering committee member. Contact
Arnold Bilansky at arnoldbilansky@cs.com. The group Web site is at
http://www.bostonusergroups.com/mbpug/.

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